GAP factor 11.5% slower than flat · net elevation -2 m
Decision summary
Lower than 12% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Moab Trail Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Moab Trail Marathon route has 1,404 m of ascent, 1,405 m of descent and an estimated 11.5% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Moab Trail Marathon route starts at /finish base area is the Kane Creek Recreation Parking Area in Kane Creek Canyon, just outside Moab, Utah. Runners shuttle from Helen M. Knight (HMK) Elementary School and packet pickup is held Friday afternoon at the Kane Creek Recreational Parking Lot. Underfoot, expect 100% on un-paved trails: narrow single-track, rugged jeep trails, sandy washes, 'Moab-style slickrock', a short section of dirt road, a few sections of no-track, a very old mining trail and a couple of sections of fixed-line traverse. It passes Pritchett Canyon, Hunter Canyon, Kane Creek Canyon, Behind the Rocks Wilderness and Amasa Back. The marathon has long been a USATF Trail Marathon National Championship venue (hosted roughly ten times since 2010), and in 2026 the event hosts the USATF Trail Half Marathon National Championships and the U.S.
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The stored route produces 1,404 m of ascent, while a source states 1,067 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Its normalised GAP factor is 11.5% slower than a flat course, with about 1404 m of total ascent.
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